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The opening as it read in 2010

Shamai Davidson (1926, Dublin - 1986, Jerusalem ) was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors , trying to understand the nature of their experience. He was Medical Director of Shalvata Mental Health Centre and served as Head of the Elie Wiesel Chair for the Study of the Psycho-Social Trauma of the Holocaust. Davidson witnessed the Nazi terror and the death of his aunts and cousins in the ghettos of Warsaw , Lodz , and the gas chambers of Treblinka .¹ He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and in Oxford University Medical School. In 1979 he became the co-founder of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide along with Israel W. Charny and Elie Wiesel , and worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, treating Holocaust survivors, until his death. Davidson is best known for his work Holding on to Humanity which he started in 1972.²

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Shammai Davidson Shamai Davidson (1926–1986) was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors , trying to understand the nature of their experience. He was Medical Director of Shalvata Mental Health Center and served as Head of the Elie Wiesel Chair for the Study of the Psycho-Social Trauma of the Holocaust. Davidson witnessed the Nazi terror and the death of his aunts and cousins in the Warsaw Ghetto , Łódź Ghetto , and the gas chambers of Treblinka . He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and in Oxford University Medical School. In 1979 he became the co-founder of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide along with Israel W. Charny and Elie Wiesel , and worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, treating Holocaust survivors, until his death. Davidson is best known for his work Holding on to Humanity which he started in 1972.

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Shammai Davidson Shamai Davidson ( ; 1926–1986) was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors , trying to understand the nature of their experience. He was Medical Director of Shalvata Mental Health Center and served as Head of the Elie Wiesel Chair for the Study of the Psycho-Social Trauma of the Holocaust. Davidson witnessed the Nazi terror and the death of his aunts and cousins in the Warsaw Ghetto , Łódź Ghetto , and the gas vans of Chelmno . He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and in Oxford University Medical School. In 1979 he became the co-founder of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide along with Israel W. Charny and Elie Wiesel , and worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, treating Holocaust survivors, until his death. Davidson is best known for his work Holding on to Humanity which he started in 1972.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1926–1986) Shammai Davidson Shamai Davidson ( ; 1926–1986) was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors , trying to understand the nature of their experience. He was Medical Director of Shalvata Mental Health Center and served as Head of the Elie Wiesel Chair for the Study of the Psycho-Social Trauma of the Holocaust. Born in Dublin, Davidson lost many of his relatives in the Warsaw Ghetto , Łódź Ghetto , and the gas vans of Chelmno . He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and in Oxford University Medical School. In 1979 he became the co-founder of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide along with Israel W. Charny and Elie Wiesel , and worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, treating Holocaust survivors, until his death. Davidson is best known for his work Holding on to Humanity which he started in 1972.

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Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1926–1986) Shamai Davidson ( Hebrew : שמאי דוידסון ; 1926–1986) was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors , trying to understand the nature of their experience. He was Medical Director of Shalvata Mental Health Center and served as Head of the Elie Wiesel Chair for the Study of the Psycho-Social Trauma of the Holocaust.

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